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Date:      Sat, 28 Jun 2003 21:33:34 -0700
From:      Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
To:        Keith Spencer <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IP aliases not working...Any ideas welcome!
Message-ID:  <D82A65EF-A9EA-11D7-B924-000A959CEE6A@pursued-with.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030629040051.73223.qmail@web12006.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Saturday, Jun 28, 2003, at 21:00 US/Pacific, Keith Spencer wrote:

> Hi all,
> I seek to add 30 or so aliases to an extrenal NIC
> But a ping and and ifconfig -a
> only shows the first 2 IPs bound to the NIC the rest
> of the 210.15.203.xxx ips are ignored...
> I am sure it is something obvious but what?
> Thanks
> Keith

The correct netmask for a second alias within a subnet is 
255.255.255.255.  I don't make the news, I just report it.

KeS



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